Meteorology/Climate

Weather: wind vectorVector Graphic (SVG)Jane ThomasIntegration and Application Network3341 views114 downloads (Details)Illustration of a wind vector, the two- or three-dimensional vector describing the instantaneous wind magnitude and direction at a point (often using Cartesian coordinates; i.e. X and Y wind vectors). The term can also apply to the resultant wind vector which is sometimes drawn as an arrow with length proportional to wind speed.Add to lightbox

Moon: first quarterVector Graphic (SVG)Tracey SaxbyIntegration and Application Network1426 views36 downloads (Details)Illustration of the moon undergoing phases; first quarter is heading towards a full moon.Add to lightbox

Moon: last quarterVector Graphic (SVG)Tracey SaxbyIntegration and Application Network861 views31 downloads (Details)Illustration of the moon undergoing phases: last quarter is heading towards a new moon.Add to lightbox

Moon: newVector Graphic (SVG)Tracey SaxbyIntegration and Application Network679 views44 downloads (Details)Illustration of the moon undergoing phases: new moon. The Moon, in its monthly orbital motion around Earth, lies between Earth and the Sun, and is therefore in conjunction with the Sun as seen from Earth. At this time, the dark (unilluminated) portion of the Moon faces almost directly toward Earth, so that the Moon is not visible to the naked eye.Add to lightbox

Weather: cyclone (S Hemisphere)Vector Graphic (SVG)Diana KleineIntegration and Application Network992 views79 downloads (Details)Illustration of a hurricane, or tropical cyclone: a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone. Has counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise rotation in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis Effect.Add to lightbox

Weather: hurricane (N Hemisphere)Vector Graphic (SVG)Diana KleineIntegration and Application Network2895 views143 downloads (Details)Illustration of a hurricane, or tropical cyclone: a storm system characterized by a low pressure center and numerous thunderstorms that produce strong winds and flooding rain. Depending on its location and strength, a tropical cyclone is referred to by names such as hurricane, typhoon, tropical storm, cyclonic storm, tropical depression, and simply cyclone. Has counterclockwise rotation in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise rotation in the Southern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis Effect.Add to lightbox

High clouds: CirrocumulusVector Graphic (SVG)Tracey SaxbyIntegration and Application Network1570 views73 downloads (Details)Illustration of a cirrocumulus cloud, a large, white patch or tuft without a gray shadow. Composed of supercooled liquid droplets (if they freeze, becomes cirrostratus - cirrocumuli are short lived) Each cloudlet appears no larger than a finger held at arms length. It occurs in patches or sheets, organized in rows like other cumulus, but since they are so small, cirrocumulus patches take on a finer appearance, sometimes referred to colloquially as "herringbone" or "mackerel".Add to lightbox

High clouds: CirrostratusVector Graphic (SVG)Tracey SaxbyIntegration and Application Network691 views75 downloads (Details)Illustration of cirrostratus clouds, thin, generally uniform clouds, composed of ice-crystals, capable of forming halos. When thick enough to be seen, they are whitish, usually with no distinguishing features.Add to lightbox